A.R.C. (album)

A.R.C. is an album by American jazz pianist Chick Corea, British jazz bassist Dave Holland and American jazz drummer Barry Altschul, recorded over January 11–13, 1971 and released on ECM later that year.

Background
The trio had recently recorded Corea's The Song of Singing together, which also features a version of Wayne Shorter’s “Nefertiti”.

This is the first project in Holland’s long association with ECM.

Title
The album title stands for "affinity, reality, communication", a phrase used in Scientology, with which Corea had recently become involved.

Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "This LP features pianist Chick Corea, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Barry Altschul during the brief period that, along with Anthony Braxton, they were members of the fine avant-garde quartet Circle. The music heard on this set is not quite as free as Circle's but often very explorative ... a very viable set of adventurous jazz, recorded just a few months before Corea changed direction."

Musicians

 * Chick Corea – acoustic piano
 * David Holland – bass
 * Barry Altschul – drums, percussions

Technical personnel

 * Manfred Eicher – producer
 * Kurt Rapp – engineer
 * B & B Wojirsch – cover design